Top 111 Quotes & Sayings by Adam Scott
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Every year, you can depend on having at least a couple really exciting Nicole Kidman performances, and that's a rare thing.
I immediately understood the general air of humiliation that comes with trying to do something as ridiculous as be an actor in Hollywood. It's just kind of an embarrassing endeavor.
And if you get caught up in combing the Internet for what people think of you or how people perceive you, I think that's a slippery slope.
There is nothing more unpleasant than watching someone on a TV or movie set act like they are entitled to a particular kind of treatment just because they have been doing it for longer. We are all in the same boat - one job at a time.
I used to be into the Grateful Dead, so I understand the Phish thing.
I was a pretentious teenager, so of course I had, you know, 'Raging Bull' posters and all of that. 'Raging Bull' is not a pretentious movie, but me having the poster was a pretentious action. I even grew a goatee and had a Knicks cap, because I thought I wanted to be like Spike Lee.
Going to the roof of the Empire State Building is pretty amazing for kids.
David Wain just texted me and asked me if I wanted to do 'Wet Hot.' And I just said, 'Yeah, sure.' And he said, 'You want me to call you and tell you about the character?' And I was like, 'Not really. Just tell me when, and I'll do it.'
You know, it looks like I have a varied resume or a varied career, that I've made interesting choices, when the truth of the matter is, in a way I've just kind of piece-mealed a career together, you know?
The great thing about New York is that you don't have to set out to do anything. Whenever I go without the kids, I walk all day and see the most interesting stuff. There's always some kind of drama playing out.
There was a lot of improvisation on 'Step Brothers.' I remember it being really frightening, and it took me a long time to get used to it and grow to be able to hold my own. But I remember when it was done feeling like, 'I don't know if I ever want to go back to working another way.'
When you blow an audition that you have a lot of importance on, it haunts you for years.
No, I don't regret doing anything, and, you know, at the time, 'Monster-in-Law' was... I was so excited to get that part. I got to be in a big movie for a few months. I got work, and everybody on it was really nice, and it was a fun experience.
I think when you're on a network show, it's crazy how different it is... just being on a network show that reaches that many people. It's not like I'm very famous, but seemingly overnight, I would get recognized more, and it was really weird.
If I'm going to be away from my family, I'd rather it be working with my friends.
I love hearing about bad behavior. It's just so funny to me. Especially, grown ups acting like weird, inconsolable babies over really stupid things, to me, is really funny.
There's certainly harder things in the world and the country to do than being an actor, but it's a particularly emotionally humiliating thing to do, that you don't really anticipate when you choose to do it. You don't really think that it's going to be quite so soul-crushing at times.
I love working with friends; it's my favorite thing to do. I've found over the years that that ends up being the best way to spend my time.
One line on a Tom Selleck sitcom does not a career make.
For me to get a lead role in a real movie is something to jump at. It's not like I get to do that all of the time.
I'm an R.E.M. nerd and have been since I was 14.
The divorce in my family was really amicable. There were no fireworks. It was all sort of behind the scenes, if you will. None of us kids ever saw any argument.
I would be horrified to watch whatever I was doing on 'Party Of Five.' I'm sure I'm bad on it.
'Raiders of the Lost Ark' is my favorite movie, and it's why I wanted to be an actor.
I mean, I love action films, you know, good action films.
I don't think people who are bad people think they're bad people.
'Rectify' is really good.
I think 'Party Down' found its audience primarily on Netflix and stuff like that, and primarily after it had been cancelled.
I was trying to get an audition for 'Walker, Texas Ranger' and they wouldn't see me. And I was crestfallen, because I really needed money. And to be told you're not good enough to be seen by 'Walker, Texas Ranger' is a tough blow.
I know that I am not entitled to anything, and when somebody thinks they are, that's a step in the wrong direction.
I think 'Eastbound & Down' is one of the great television shows, ever.
I love the people I work with and the stuff I've found and that's found me.
Being an actor is just kind of embarrassing.
I worked at Johnny Rockets. For one day. I had to quit because they said that anytime a particular song comes on the jukebox, all the servers have to stop and do this special sing-along and dance, and I just knew that I wouldn't be returning.
I did a couple quick things with Nicole Kidman, and I really loved that. She was a really cool person to chat with and had a really lovely presence on set. I'm a big admirer of her work. It's amazing the volume of work she does.
If I look at it and feel there is someone who can do it better, I won't do it. Whether it's 'Party Down' or 'Piranha 3-D,' I'm going to bring something to it to make it special.
I love a good, poppy chorus.
I came to Los Angeles to be an actor, which is, at best, a gamble.
I was a chubby kid.
Journalism classes would have been interesting to me.
I had a double bacon cheeseburger at Chili's, and I lost a tooth in it. My tooth!
I thought I would be a dramatic actor - everyone starts that way.
I've learned, over the years, to go after the parts where I feel I can add something.
You know, writing is really difficult, and it takes a real patience and a skill. I don't know if I have that. I admire it in others, so much, and I envy it.
I focused my life on things that are a little more dependable, like my family and things that actually make me happy, rather than momentary flashes of success or anything like that.
Chasing kids on the beach and sleeping is the closest I come to exercising while in Hawaii.
I mean, the acting school I went to, we did have a social experience, but you know, when it's a bunch of actors, it's everyone self-consciously having a social experience rather than just having a social experience.
It is not like casting me in your movie is going to help you get financing.
'Step Brothers' itself, when I did it, I don't know if I had any idea that it would become a defining moment in my career and life like it has, and I'm really happy that that's the one that ended up being that for me.
I tend to be a little too old to feel guilty about watching anything. Like, I watch 'Survivor' every week.
I'm glad that I didn't get a part in 'Scream 2' and become a star in 1995.
I prefer Los Angeles just because I live there and my family's there. But I think New York is just kind of the center of the world.
Like, on the 'Parks And Rec' set, I still feel like I'm a guest star. Being a fan of the show, it's really surreal to be on the set and see that it's not real, and getting to know the actors and they're not their characters.
I like having a beard. What's funny is when you shave a beard, you realize how freezing cold your face is! The primary purpose evolution-wise is to keep you warm, to grow hair on your face. You shave it off, and your face is freezing for a few days.
I grew up right in Santa Cruz, right across the bay from Monterey. I would go to Monterey all the time.
After a long day at the beach, a hamburger and fries usually does the trick.
In television, you make an hour-long episode every seven days; we used to make 'Party Down' in four days per episode. It's quick and with independent movies is the same: you gotta keep moving. It's very similar.
I think one of the great things about 'Bridesmaids' is that it's a big studio comedy, but all of the relationships in it are so grounded that you're watching a real movie.
For a lot of people, divorce is an incredibly healthy move to make in your life.
I was an extra in a Tia Carrere music video.
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